Mid-County leads area teams at Rockridge invite

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Oct 11, 2012 at 6:56 PMOct 11, 2012 at 6:59 PM

Annawan-Wethersfield's Michael Cook places fifth

Mike Landis

Mid-County’s boys topped the area cross country teams competing in the Rockridge Rocket Invite Wednesday.The Cougars finished third in the 10-team field with 96 points. Monmouth-Roseville won the boys title with 50 points, followed by host Rockridge with 88 points.Annawan-Wethersfield finished eighth in the team standings with 174 points and Kewanee was ninth with 221 points.Medalists Ethan Stanley and Mike Bersell paced Mid-County. Stanley was 11th at 17:52 and Bersell 14th at 18:12.Also counting for the Cougars were Bryant VanDeWostine 22nd at 18:29, Brennan Foley 25th at 18:47 and Kyle England 26th at 18:49.Annawan-Wethersfield’s Michael Cook earned the invite’s fifth-place medal with a time of 17:37. Also counting for the Titans were Rasheed DeBord 33rd at 19:46, Rashaun DeBord 37th at 19:46, Andrew Titlow 57th at 21:35 and Cody Baele 59th at 21:48.Kewanee’s Rolando Aguilar grabbed the invite’s eighth-place medal with a time of 17:45. Also counting for the Boilers were Stephen Partridge 51st at 21:05, Austin Siscoe 64th at 22:17, Brendan Jamison 65th at 22:19 and Isaac Wieser 66th at 22:25.Monmouth-Roseville’s Devin Clark was the individual champion with a time of 16:48.In the girls race, Mid-County placed fourth out of nine teams with 125 points, followed by Annawan-Wethersfield fifth at 129 and Kewanee eighth at 169.Mid-County was led by medalists Courtney Melton and Miranda Shryack. Melton finished fourth at 20:43 and Shryack placed 12th at 21:56.Also counting for the Cougars were Lakin Galloway 25th at 23:20, Allie Schupbach 44th at 25:21 and Ella Gibbons 49th at 25:43.Annawan-Wethersfield’s Maddie Jackson medaled with an 11th-place finish in 21:54. Also counting for the Lady Titans were Kaitlyn Cline 23rd at 23:08, Aly Eastman 30th at 23:51, Dana Baele 32nd at 24:07 and Kylie Cline 37th at 24:32.Kewanee’s Julia King earned the invite’s eighth-place medal with a time of 21:33. Also counting for the Boiler Girls were Beth Cordrey 17th at 22:24, Alex Cordrey 38th at 24:50, Ali Brown 62nd at 27:53 and Sarah Hanson 63rd at 28:03.Monmouth-Roseville won the team title with 30 points, followed by Macomb 62 and Mercer County 119.Destiny Smith of Monmouth-Roseville was the individual champion in a time of 20:30.